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(No Model.)

' P. E. MGDONALD.

TICKET HOLDER.

No. 888,895. Patented Sept. 4, 1888.

FIG'.1.

l l I l if UNITED STATES PATENT Enron..

TO S. O. BROOKS,

TICKET OF SAME PLAGE.

HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,695, datedseptembere, 1888.

Application (ilcd November 8, 18B

To @ZZ 1071/0721, it may concern:

Be it known that l, PETER MoDoNALD, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Detroit, county of Vaync, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ticket-Holders; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to 1e make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this speeication.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ticket-holders, and has r 5 for its object more particularly the construction of a holder adapted to contain a continuous mileage-ticket, and to admit of the same being drawn therefrom and severed in a convenient and reliable manner.

2o My invention therefore consists of the com binations of devices and appliances hereinafter specified, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which 'form apart of this application for Letters Patent, Figure l is a view in perspective of a device embodying my invention, showing the cover raised to disclose the interior. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective with the cover in place hielosing the ticket. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal seetion, and Fig. et a vertical cross-section of the same.

I carry out my invention as follows: A represents a ticket-holder, consisting of covers A and A2, the portion A constructed with a pocket, A, to receiveY the ticket, the marginal edges of the portion A being raised to inclose the edges and ends of the ticket, as shown at a, a', a2, and a3. The cover Aiis so con- 40 structcd and so engaged with the corresponding portion, A', as to rest upon the said raised marginal edges and form a neat union thereupon to completely inclose the ticket when the two covers are in a closed position.

B is the ticket, consisting of a continuons strip folded at alternate ends and divided into a desired number of mileage-coupons, said ticket engaged in said pocket in any suitable manner to permit its being pulled out'when 7. Serial No. 254.63". (No model.)

pose the rear end of the pocket may be provided with a. retaining-sheet, C, of any suitable fabric, which may be secured or pasted upon the raised edges ol' the cover A. This wiil hold the layers ofthe ticket in place even when the covers are opened, and effectually prevent any disarrangement of the ticket, and

so facilitate its operation.

The free end of the cover A2 is provided to- Ward its extremity, but a litt-le to the rear 6o thereof, with an elongated transverse orilice,

a, of snfiicient dimensions to permit the free movement of the ticket B through the same. Upon the extremity of said cover a?,I also cn gage a suitable bar or loop, D, left free it: re 65 lation to the transverse edge of said cover, so

as to permit the end of the ticket being passed under the same and between it and the cover,

as shown in Fig. 2, permitting the ticket being drawn out under said bar to release the desired number ol coupons. By locating the oritice o" a little to the rear of the said bar D a space, a5, of the cover will be let't, against which the thumb may be pressed in the operation of moving out the ticket for the detachment of the coupons, affording thus particular facility in the operation of the ticket in its outward movement,as it may all be done with one hand,in which the ticket-holder is grasped.

The two covers ofthe holder may be secured 8o in a closed position, if desired, in any suitable manner-as by a metallic clasp, E, which may be pivotcd, as at c, so as to swing clear of the edges ot the covers when it is desired to open the same.

The cover c? may also be provided with a mileage scale,F, if desired, to facilitate taking up the fare, as the ticket may be conveniently turned backward over the band D,and so run out of its holder along the scale to indicate the 9o proper point at which the coupons should be detached for any given distance traveled. I would have it understood that this scale may or may not be marked upon the said cover, as may be preferred. As thus engaged in the holder, the continuous folded ticket is free to be moved forward out of the holder, every facility being afforded for so doing and for de taching the coupons, while at the same time 5o the coupons are to be detached. For this purthe folded layers of the ticket keep their place roo and are not liable to bunch up; but each layer moves forward as required without disarranging the corresponding layers nnderneat-h.

The raised edge as may be broadened, so as to abut against the edges of the folded ticket at or near the slot a". This will prevent the layers from being pulled forward in the pocket out of place.

I have described the ticket as passed under the band; but,while this may bepreferred, I do notlimit niyselfthereto, as it is obvious that it is not essential to do this in order to sever the coupons, since the ticket may pass over said band,and Iwouldhaveit understood thatIcontemplate such a modification as coming within thescope of my invention. Vhile I deem the employmcntofthisbandorloop tobe desirable, it might, however,be wholly dispensed With,as the device will be very satisfactorily operative without it. So, also, I have shown and described a metallic clasp to hold the covcrs together; but any suitable fastening may bc su bstituted therefor, if preferred.

1. A railway-ticket holder constructed with a ticket-discharge orifice in one of its faces intermediate of its ends, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A railway-ticket holder provided with folding covers, one of said covers constructed with an elongated ticket discharge orifice intermediate of its ends, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A railway-ticket holder closed at its ends and provided with an elongated oritice on one of its faces to permit the outward movement of the ticket through said orifice,substantially as described.

4. A railWay-ticketholder constructed with an elongated ticket-discharge orifice in one of its faces, and havingin combination therewith a bar located upon the edge of said holder forward of said orifice, substantially as de scribed.

5. A railway-ticket holder provided with au elongated orifice, having in combination therewith a bar upon its outer edge, said bar located at a little distance from said oritice, a portion of the holder being left between the orifice and bar, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. A railway-ticket holder provided with an elongated orice, having in combination therewith a bar, said bar freed from the transverse edge of the holder to permit the passage of the ticket between it and the holder,substantially as described.

7. A railway-ticket' holder provided with folding covers, one of said covers provided with an elongated transverse orice located intermediate of the ends of the cover, and in combination therewith a fastening device to hold said covers together, substantially as described.

8. A railroadticket holder, thesaid holder constructed to form a pocket for the ticket and provided with an elongated orifice in one of` its faces intermediate of its' ends, through" which lthe ticket may be moved outward, substantially as set forth.

9. A railway-ticket holder .provided withA folding covers, one of said covers constructed with raised margins to form a pocket to receive a ticket, and a ticket-retaining strip, C, substantially as described.

l0. A railway-ticket holder provided with a mileage scale, substantially as described. t

In testimony whcreofl sign this'specification4 in the presence of two witnesses.

PETER E. MODON ALD. 

